Battery handlamp



Patented .luly 1.4, 1925.

f UNITED. STATES PATENT oFFlcE,

HENRY HYMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY HYMAN & C0. INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

BATTERY HANDLAMP.

Application filed October 6, 1923. Serial No. 666,945.

To all whom t may concern:

-Be it' known nthat I, HENRY HYMAN, a

citizen of the United States, and residing at Brooklyn, county of KingsyNew York, have invented the new and useful Improvement in Battery Handlamps, of Ywhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to battery hand lamps, and more 'particularly to thoseA provided with a metal casing.

One of the objects of this invention is`to provide improved means for insulating that 4 part of the circuit formed by the reflector and its adjacent parts from the casing.

Another object of this invention is to provide improved means for receiving the thrust of the battery so as to relieve the lamp thereof.

Another object of-this invention is to provide improved means for insuring the proper relation between such thrust-receiving means and the lamp so as to provide proper engagement between these parts.

Further objects will appear lfrom the detailv description taken in connection with the accompanying` drawing, which represents a central section through a battery hand lamp embodying this invention.

'I Referring to the accompanying drawing, 1 designates the casing which in the present case is of metal and is provided'withA a shoulder 2 near the lamp end thereof and a threaded portion 3 adapted` to be engaged by the corresponding threaded portion of a lens retaining ring 4. This ring 4 fits over the rim of the lens 5 so as to retain the same in place on the casing in the usual manner. Resting on the shoulder 2 within the casing is an insulating ring 6. This ring may b'e constructed of hard fibre orv other suitable insulating material and may be either solid or split at one point in its circumference so as to provide a snug fit in the end of the casing. This insulating ring extends from the shoulder 2 to the upper rim of the casing 1. Mounted within and supported by the insulating ring 6 is a reflector support 7. This may be constructed of metal or other suitable material and is provided with a cylindrical portion 8 adapted to fit snugly but not too tightly within the insulating ring 6. At the upper end of thev cylindr cal part 8 of the reflector support an out- A within the extension 13 and resting against the bead 14 is an insulating Washer 15 retained in place by spinning over the edge 16 of the extension. The insulating washer 15 carries a cup 17 adapted to engage the battery terminal 18. Slidably mounted within the cup 17 is another cup 19 inverted with respect to the cup 17 and provided with an out-turned flange' 20 adapted to engage the in-turned' flange 21 on the cup 17 so as to prevent the disengagement of the cups.

Confined within the twocups is a spring 22 which tendsto orce'them apart. Thel cups 17 and 19 with the spring 22 form a yielding contact device adapted to connect the battery terminal 18 with the middle terminalv of the lamp 23.

The reflector 24. constructed in yanv usual manner, has the lamp 23 mounted within it in .the usual way. provided with an out-turned flange 25 adapted to rest upon the flange 9 of the reflector support ,7. With the reflector placed in the support with its ange resting upon the flange 9, the lens-5 rests upon the flange 25 and the retaining ring 4 clamps the whole together so as to secure all these parts in place.

A contact strip 26 suitably insulated from -the casing extends from the usual thumb# switch (not shown) on the casing to the reflector support 7` lying between that support and the insulating ring so as to contact with the support and provide a circuit This reflector may be connection thereto. `The current thus passesA from the lower battery terminal through the casing in contact therewith. through the switch when closed and thence by the conductor 26 to the reflector support 7, thence to the reflector and the lamp, through the lamp to the central terminal thereof, thence through the yielding contact device 19-17 to the central battery terminal 18.

It Will be noted that the reflector and itsl so as to insure proper engagement of the` central lamp terminal therewith. The thrust-receiving device transmits the thrust of the battery to the casing by vvay of the insulating disc 15. the extension 13 and the reflector support 7 directly 'to vthe lens 5 which is held in position on the casing by. the retaining ring 4. The lamp 23 and the reflector24; are thus relieved of all stress or shock which may be transmitted by the bat# tery.

It is obvious that Various changes may be made in details of construction Without y departing from the spirit of this invention;

it is, therefore, to be understood that this invention is not' to be limited to the specific details shown and described.

Having thus described'the invention, What is claimed is.`

1. In a battery hand lamp havingy a battery-receiving casing, and a lamp and av the casing and retained by said ring, lamp positioning means on said support adapted to take the thrust of the battery and to deliver such thrust to the casing through said support and said ring, and a yielding contact on said mea-ns adapted to connect the lamp with the battery. v

3. In a battery hand lamp having-a battery-receiving casing, and a lamp anda reflector therein, an insulated reflector sup"` port mounted in the casing adapted to support the reflector at the rim thereof and raving a socket adapted to receive and'position the lamp, means on said support adapted to take' the thrust of the battery, and ayielding contact on said means adapted to connect the lamp with the battery.

4. In a battery hand lam having a battery-receiving casing provi ed with an internal shoulder and a lamp and a reflector therein, an insulating ring in the casing and on said shoulder, a reflector support resting at its rim on said ring and adapted to 'Jlhe reflector support and contact With the reflector at the rim thereof, and a circuit co-nnection to said support.

5. In a battery hand lamp having a battery-receivin casing provided with an internal shoul er and a lamp and a reflector therein, an insulating ring in the casing and on said shoulder, -a reflector support resting at its rim on said ring and adapted to support and contact with the reflector at the rim thereof, and a circuit conductor within said ring and contacting with said support.

ternal shoul er and a lamp therein, an insulating ring in the casing and on said shoulder,.a reflector support resting ai; its rim within said ring and having a socket, and a reflector Within said support and engaging said socket.

7. In a battery hand lamp having a battery-receiving casing provided with an internal shoul er and a lamp therein, an insulating ring in the casing and on said shoulder, areflector support Within said ring and resting thereonf-at its rim and having ay socket, and a reflector Within said sup-port and resting thereon at its rim and enga ing said socket.

8. n a battery hand lamp having a battery-receiving casing provided with an internal shoulder and a lamptherein, an insulating ring in the casing and on said shoulder, a reflector support resting at its rim Withinv said ringy and having a socket, a reflector Within said support and engaging said socket, and means on said support adapted to take the thrust of the battery and having a contact adapted to yieldingly connect the lamp With the battery.

.9. In a battery hand lamp having a battery-receiving casing provided with aninternal shoulder 4anda lamp therein, an insulating ring in the casing and on said shoulder, a reflector support Within said ring and resting thereon at its rim and having a socket, a reflector Within said support and resting thereon at the rim and engaging said socket, and means on said support adapted to take the thrust of the battery and having a contact ada-pted to yieldingly connect the lamp with the battery.

10. In a battery hand lamp having a battery-receivin casing provided with an internal shoul er and a lamp therein, an in sul-ating ring in the casing and on said shoulder, a reflector sup ort resting at its rim within said ring an a reflector Within said support and engaging said socket, and a circuit conductor Within said ring and contacting withsaid. support.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature this 24th day of Se tember, 1923.

H NRY HYMAN lll) .having a socket, 

